Doxocopa laurentia

Doxocopa laurentia

Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil. Male

Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil. Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Apaturinae
Genus:	Doxocopa
Species:	D. laurentia
Binomial name
*Doxocopa laurentia* (Godart, [1824])
Synonyms
Nymphalis laurentia Godart, 1824 Catargyria seraphina Hübner, [1825] Apatura angelina C. & R. Felder, 1867 Apatura laurentia Hewitson, 1869 (preocc. Godart, [1824]) Apatura cherubina C. & R. Felder, [1867] Chlorippe cherubina parva Röber, 1916 Chlorippe seraphina hippomanes Martin, [1823] Catargyria thalysia Fruhstorfer, 1907

Doxocopa laurentia, common name Turquoise Emperor or Cherubina Emperor, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Description

Doxocopa laurentia has a wingspan reaching about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The uppersides of the wings is brown, with a broad metallic blue central band in males, while in the females this band is usually white, with a broad orange patch on the top of the forewings. The undersides of the wings are yellowish or greyish, with black markings on the forewings.

Distribution

This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

Subspecies

Doxocopa laurentia laurentia (Brazil)
Doxocopa laurentia cherubina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) (Central America, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru).
Doxocopa laurentia thalysia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Ecuador)

Gallery

Doxocopa laurentia cherubina from Peru. Mounted specimen
Doxocopa laurentia from Brazil. Ventral view

References

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